Penguin Books imprint: 2816 books
by Arthur Miller
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Celebrating the Arthur Miller centennial year, an eye-catching new Penguin Plays edition of the work that established him as a leading voice in the American theater
In 1947, Arthur Miller exploded onto Broadway with his first major work, All My Sons, winning both the New York Drama Critics’ Circle...
The Novel Cure
From Abandonment to Zestlessness: 751 Books to Cure What Ails You
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
"Delightful... elegant prose and discussions that span the history of 2,000 years of literature."—Publisher's Weekly
A novel is a story transmitted from the novelist to the reader. It offers distraction, entertainment, and an opportunity to unwind or focus. But it can also be something...
The Republic of Imagination
America in Three Books
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
**A New York Times bestseller
The author of the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with the next chapter of her life in books—a passionate and deeply moving hymn to America**
Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her multimillion-copy bestseller Reading...
by James Welch
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 1987
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 1987
The 25th-anniversary edition of "a novel that in the sweep and inevitability of its events...is a major contribution to Native American literature." (Wallace Stegner)
In the Two Medicine Territory of Montana, the Lone Eaters, a small band of Blackfeet Indians, are living their immemorial...
The Singularity Is Near
When Humans Transcend Biology
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2005
**“Startling in scope and bravado.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world.” —Los Angeles Times
“Elaborate, smart and persuasive.” —The Boston Globe
“A pleasure to read.” —The Wall Street Journal
One of...
The Pursuit of Glory
The Five Revolutions that Made Modern Europe: 1648-1815
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2007
**"History writing at its glorious best."--The New York Times
"A triumphant success. [Blanning] brings knowledge, expertise, sound judgment and a colorful narrative style."--The Economist
The New York Times bestselling volume in the Penguin History of Europe series**
Between the...
American Colonies
The Settling of North America (The Penguin History of the United States, Volume 1)
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2002
A multicultural, multinational history of colonial America from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Internal Enemy and American Revolutions
In the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States, edited by Eric Foner, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history...
Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara?
The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World's Best-LovedBooks
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
The captivating stories behind fifty of the greatest authors and their most famous literary creations
Before Who the Hell is Pansy O?Hara ?, there had never been a single volume that explored the backstories of so many of the greatest books in the English language. A work sure to captivate...
The Birth of Classical Europe
A History from Troy to Augustine
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2011
An innovative and intriguing look at the foundations of Western civilization from two leading historians; the first volume in the Penguin History of Europe
The influence of ancient Greece and Rome can be seen in every aspect of our lives. From calendars to democracy to the very languages we...
by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
A selection of nineteen essential essays from The Federalist Papers in their original lengths by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, with notes by Richard Beeman
Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history,...
The Pursuit of Power
Europe 1815-1914
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
**An Economist Best Book of the Year
“Sweeping . . . an ambitious synthesis . . . [Evans] writes with admirable narrative power and possesses a wonderful eye for local color . . . Fascinating.”—Stephen Schuker, The Wall Street Journal
From the bestselling author of The Third Reich...
by William Chester Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2004
"The Penguin History of Europe series... is one of contemporary publishing's great projects."--New Statesman
It was an age of hope and possibility, of accomplishment and expansion. Europe's High Middle Ages spanned the Crusades, the building of Chartres Cathedral, Dante's Inferno,...
Christendom Destroyed
Europe 1517-1648
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
**“The latest volume to appear in the Penguin History of Europe. Like its companion volumes, [Christendom Destroyed] is no breezy survey but a masterly synthesis of depth and breadth."*—*The Wall Street Journal
“The political and religious conflicts of early modern Europe receive...
To Hell and Back
Europe 1914-1949
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
**"Chilling... To Hell and Back should be required reading in every chancellery, every editorial cockpit and every place where peevish Euroskeptics do their thinking…. Kershaw documents each and every ‘ism’ of his analysis with extraordinary detail and passionate humanism."—The...